Category: play
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Campout Plan B
I was lucky enough to spend two days with some old friends from high school. Roy is an old hiking buddy from way back. We’ve been to the Porcupine Mountains and to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. I’ve seen him two or three times since I returned to Wisconsin, most recently about a year ago Read.
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train nerds
Wednesday was a rainy day, so we spent the day mostly indoors at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay. Unfortunately for us, we could get a close look at only a very few of the locomotives and railroad cars they have in their collection because they’re just now putting the finishing touches on a Read.
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wading
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to paddle or not to paddle
Events did not play out according to plan this week. I had hoped to meet up with several friends from high school for a campout in the north woods but the weather changed from iffy to rainy, so we made other plans that didn’t include being outside in the rain. However, my kayak was already Read.
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Game Night
Saturday night is game night here at Our Humble O’Bode. Number Two Son typically arrives in the evening, we eat dinner together, and then we set up a game of Spirit Island and play into the night. It’s a game that takes at least two or three hours from start to finish, although sometimes we’re Read.
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Hartman Creek State Park
I hung my hammock between two tall pines at Hartman Creek State Park, looking forward to a good night’s sleep and a view of the stars. Didn’t get either. Someone down the road had their radio going all night, so I drifted in and out of sleep to the tunes they shared with everyone else Read.
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Lake of the Pines / Hartman Creek State Park
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Lake of the Pines State Campground
I spent the night at Lake of the Pines State Campground, in spite of the best efforts of a biblical swarm of mosquitoes to drive me away. Lake of the Pines is about a four-hour drive from Madison if you don’t stop. I stopped more than once, so it was more like four-and-a-half. I arrived Read.
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Father’s Day Gift 2025
Updating my hiking log, a Rite In Rain notebook, using a Rite In The Rain mechanical pencil, both gifts from Number One Son, Sean, for Father’s Day. Thanks, Sean! I’ve been using a Rite In The Rain notebook to log my hikes after watching My Darling B log all her gardening notes in the same Read.
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Porcupine Mountains 6-12-2025
I was supposed to be waking up in a camp site beside Mirror Lake this morning. Instead, I’m back at home doinking around on the internet. Not the four-day weekend I’d hoped for. (Disclaimer: that’s a photo of Lake of the Clouds, although if you squint you can see Mirror Lake in the distant background.) Read.
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